Did Bill Shaheen, the husband of a former governor of New Hampshire, hurl himself onto a hand grendade to move Hillary Clinton's campaign ahead?
Two days ago, former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, who is heading the national HRC campaign, was telling the world, "We are the frontrunner, everybody's been going after us. We feel very good about where we are."
From Fox News:
But just one day later, Clinton found herself personally apologizing to Obama for comments made by her adviser and New Hampshire co-chairman, Bill Shaheen, who said in published comments that Democrats should be wary of nominating Obama because Republicans would use his admission of past drug use, including cocaine, against him in the general election.
Shaheen resigned Thursday, after the Obama campaign called his comments an act of desperation.
Shaheen's departure follows a pattern. The campaign asked two volunteers to resign earlier this month after they forwarded a hoax e-mail suggesting Obama is a Muslim bent on destroying the United States. The Clinton camp also had to condemn actions by its staffers after it was discovered the campaign planted a question on global warming at an event at Grinnell College in Iowa last month.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that a handful of Clinton campaign workers were even recommending pro-Clinton postings on the New Hampshire progressive blog Blue Hampshire.
The response from the Clinton campaign was the usual: These are the actions of individuals, not the campaign, and they will not be repeated.
When Bill Clinton was president, it had been said more than once that there was a lot of smoke surrounding him, but you could never find the fire. The former first lady doesn't have Bubba's velvet touch, and yes, there is more than smoke to be found with this Clinton.
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